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Last updates:
30-Mar-2005, Due to arrangements for a meal on Sat night the
timetable has changed slightly,
25-Mar-2005, The Runners and Riders have been
posted,
13-Mar-2005, The competition is now full and list-checking results are displayed
on the registered player list. Players specified
as "Late List" are disqualified from the door prize draw.
8-Mar-2005, Yet more players have registered.
27-Feb-2005, Oops, our link to the location map was broken,
here
is the correct one. Also more players have
registered.
14-Jan-2005, The first few players have
registered.
Jan-2005, Added full competition rules, photos of the
door prize army supplied by
John Lavery's painting
service,
18-Nov-2004, Added pricing information,
11-Nov-2004, More general info on event.
17-Aug-2004, Initial details now available.
Dates: Friday 15th - Sunday 17th April 2005
Closing Date for Entries/List-checking:
Friday 11th March 2005 **
Location: Belfast Boat Club, Lockview Rd, Stranmillis
Rd., Belfast, Northern Ireland (map link
here)
Local Hosts:
RINIWA
and Table Top North
(TTN)
Contact: David Houston
(D.Houston@qub.ac.uk)
List-Checker: Rob Brennan
(brennanr@iworg.com)
Costs: Normal price: £20/30euro (£18/27euro
for RINIWA members).
Players under 18 years old*, full-time students and the unwaged: £10/15
euro.
Places are strictly limited and must be booked in advance. To book your place,
before 11th March, send a sterling money order or check for the above amount
payable to "David Taylor" at:
36 Bracken Ridge,
Dromore,
Co. Down,
BT25 1QT,
Northern Ireland
In Ireland, RINIWA members may instead contact their local Committee member
to pre-pay and book their place before the 11th of March. There will be no
refunds. It is not possible to book without payment.
* Note that players under 16 must be accompanied
by an adult.
** NB: There is a door
prize of a painted 400AP army that will be allocated by lottery among
the players who get their registrations and lists in on time.
Full Details
1. Getting There
2. Around Belfast and The Competition Venue
3. Places to Stay
4. Competition Rules
5. Prizes
1. Getting There:
There are 2 airports in Belfast; Belfast International
Airport (20 miles from city centre) and Belfast City Airport (5 miles
from city centre). There are buses or taxies to the city centre from each
airport.
Flights to Belfast are available
from:
Easyjet (Liverpool,
London[Gatwick, Luton or Standsted], Glasgow and Edinburgh)
British Midland
British
Airways (London Heathrow to Belfast City airport)
AerArann (Cork)
Flying to
Dublin (Ryanair,
Aer Lingus, lots of others) is also
possible and better for international connections (but going via London is
also an option). Belfast is 100 miles away (2 hours on the
train from Dublin city centre) but
it is also possible to get a
bus directly from Dublin
airport to Belfast city centre (Europa bus centre). This direct bus takes
approx 2.5 hours.
2. Around Belfast & The Competition
Venue:
The competition venue is in Stranmillis, a leafy
suburb of Belfast just south of the university district. It is about 6 km
south of the city centre.
Guides to Belfast:
The Northern Ireland
Tourist Board
A Belfast Guide
The Belfast City Council
Tourist Site
Maps:
Multi-Map
link that shows the Boat Club Venue
Belfast
Hotel & City Map
3. Places to Stay:
Hostel
Accommodation
Room Booking
Services
Self Catering Apartments
Belfast City Apartments
P.O Box 781, Belfast, County Antrim BT8 7PA
Tel: 028 9064 9996
http://www.belfastcityapartments.co.uk/
Guest Houses and Bed & Breakfasts within 2 miles
of the Venue:
Crescent Townhouse
13, Lower Crescent, Belfast, County Antrim BT7 1NR
Tel: 028 9032 3349 |
Camera Guest House
44, Wellington Park, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6DP
Tel: 028 9066 0026 |
Marine Guest House
30, Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6DX
http://www.marineguesthouse3star.com/ |
Eglantine Guest House
21, Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6DW
Tel: 028 9066 7585 |
Maranatha Guest House
254, Ravenhill Road, Belfast, County Antrim BT6 8GJ
Tel: 028 9046 0200
http://www.guesthousesbelfast.com/ |
Malone Guest House
79, Malone Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6SH
Tel: 028 9066 9565 |
Pearl Court
11, Malone Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6RT
Tel: 028 9066 6145 |
Botanic Lodge Guest House
87, Botanic Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT7 1JN
Tel: 028 9032 7682 |
Lisdara Guest House
23, Derryvolgie Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6FN
Tel: 028 9068 1549 |
Kate's B & B
127, University St, Belfast, County Antrim BT7 1HP
Tel: 028 9028 2091 |
An Old Rectory Guest House
148, Malone Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 5LH
Tel: 028 9066 7882 |
Windermere House
60, Wellington Park, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6DP
Tel: 028 9066 2693 |
Avenue Guest House
23, Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6DW
Tel: 028 9066 5904 |
The George Guest House
9, Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6DW
Tel: 028 9068 3212 |
Ash-Rowan Town House
12, Windsor Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6EE
Tel: 028 9066 1758 |
Tara Lodge
36, Cromwell Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT7 1JW
Tel: 028 9059 0900 |
The Liserine Guest House
17, Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6DW
Tel: 028 9066 0769 |
All Seasons
356, Lisburn Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6GJ
Tel: 028 9068 2814 |
Blakely Manor
67, Malone Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6SB
Tel: 028 9066 2985 |
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Hotels within 2 miles of the Venue:
Ramada Hotel,
117, Milltown Rd, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, County Antrim BT8 7XP
Tel.028 9092 3500
http://www.ramadabelfast.com/ |
Holiday Inn
22, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT2 8HS
Tel. 028 9032 8511 |
Malone Lodge Hotel
60, Eglantine Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6DY
Tel.028 9038 8000
http://www.malonelodge.com/ |
Wellington Park Hotel
21, Malone Rd, Belfast, County Antrim BT9 6RW
Tel.028 9038 1111
http://www.wellingtonparkhotel.com/ |
Dukes Hotel
65-67, University St, Belfast, County Antrim BT7 1FY
Tel: 028 9023 6666 |
Madison's Hotel
59-63, Botanic Avenue, Belfast, County Antrim BT7 1JL
Tel: 028 9050 9800 |
4. Competition Rules:
The following rules will be in force for the
competition:
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The competition will be played with DBM version
3.0, the
authors'
official clarifications and the
IWF clarifications
for DBM in force at the time of the competition.
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Armies will be a maximum of 400AP.
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Any list from the 2nd Edition DBM Army List Books
1-4 and the
authors'
official errata can be used.
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Scoring will be 0-10 as per the rule book with
+100VP for a player who demoralises an opponent's army and does not have
their own army demoralised i.e. who wins the game.
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There will be team competitions held in parallel
with the main event in accordance with the
General Rules of the Celtic
Championship.
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Players must bring their own terrain, basemats
will be provided.
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Players must send their army list for checking
before entering the competition, the list-checker is Rob Brennan
(brennanr@iworg.com).
The deadline for reception of lists is the 11th of March. Players
submitting late lists will not be eligible for the door prize and lists that
are more than 2 weeks late may have additional penalties.
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Late lists may be penalised with a deduction from
your total victory points at the end of the competition. Please help us by
submitting on time.
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The competition will have 5 rounds, one on Friday night and two on
both Saturday and Sunday.
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The DBM weather and time of day rules must be played if at least
one of the players in a game wishes to do so.
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Games will be 3.5 or 3.75 hours +/- 15 minutes in duration. When
time is called:
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if 12 full bounds have already been played no further
moves (other than as combat outcomes) can be performed and the current round's
combat phase must be completed. Please note that this means there is no
guaranteed last bound for a defender.
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if less than 12 full bounds have been played then finish the
current player bound normally and then the game goes into "blitz" mode. Call
an umpire (or their nominee) to adjudicate time, rules and perform
spontanious/flee moves. Now play sufficient bounds under blitz so that 12
full bounds are completed. Players have 1 minute from the time their dice
land to perform all voluntary moves during their turn.
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There will be a non-playing umpire who will only play against the
lowest scoring player if there is an odd number players for the current
round.
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Players will be paired randomly in round 1, there is no
seeding.
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As far as possible, no player will be paired against another of the
same regional affiliation for the first two rounds.
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FIDE Swiss chess rules will otherwise be used to pair players after
the first round.
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If two players or teams are on the same final score at the end of
the competition then a countback mechanism will be used to separate them
if it is for a prize-winning position otherwise they will place
equally.
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The countback used for teams will be the sum of all team-members'
opponent's scores and then highest number of 10-0 results.
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The countback used for individuals will be:
If the two players on equal score played each other then the one with the
higher score from that game places higher otherwise it is based on the sum
of opponents scores and if still tied then the player who has the most 10-0
results.
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All rulings by the umpire are final.
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By entering the competition a player agrees to abide by all rules
of the competition organisers.
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If a player on a Regional team must play the umpire (ie receives
a bye) then their score for that round for Regional team purposes is taken
to be the average of their game scores in the other rounds.
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If a player arrives late for a competition game without an exceptional
reason (discuss with the umpire) they will be subject to the following cumulative
penalties:
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More than 10 minutes late: Their opponent may elect to be attacker
or defender (roll dice normally to determine time of day/weather)
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More than 20 minutes late: After writing deployment orders they must
deploy their entire army before their opponent deploys any commands.
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More than 30 minutes late: They must forfeit the game 110-0.
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If a team member has to leave the competition for whatever reason
then the remaining members of the team may pick a substitute player as
follows:
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For a Regional team any player who would be normally eligible for
the team may be picked. If the player picked is a member of an independent
team then their scores are no longer considered for the independent
team.
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For an Independent team any player who is not currently assigned
to a team.
Timetable
Friday 15th April 2005
Check in: 1800
1st Round: 1900 - 2245 Note: long (3 hr 45min)
game
Saturday 16th April 2005
Check in: 0900 0845
2nd Round: 0915 -1300 0900 -1245 Note: long
(3 hr 45min) game
Lunch: 1245 -1345
3rd Round: 1345-1715 Note: long (3 hr 45min)
game
Evening Meal: 1930 1845 - Whenever (Cafe Milano, on the
corner of the Lisburn Road and Elmwood Avenue)
Sunday 17th April 2005
Check in: 0845
4th Round: 0900-1230
Lunch: 1230-1300
5th Round: 1300-1630
Prize Ceremony: 1645
Umpire
The umpire for the competition will be announced
soon.
5. Prizes:
There will be a door
prize of a painted 400AP army. Only players who submit their army lists
for list checking and register by the 11th of March will be included in the
draw for the door prize.
In addition there will be:
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A perpetual trophy, the Celtic Champion's Cup,
awarded for one year to the 1st place player.
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Trophies awarded for 1st-3rd places.
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A perpetual trophy, the Celtic Cup, awarded for
one year to the winning Regional Team* of 3 players.
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Trophies for the winning Independent Team* of 3
players.
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Additional spot prizes handed out on the day.
* See the General Rules for details on teams,
these are an optional part of the competition and you can play as an individual
without any team.
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